State ex rel. Gantz v. Drainage District

A petition was filed with the hoard of supervisors of Merrick county for the formation of .a drainage district in that county under the provisions of article V, ch. 19, Bev. St. 1913. The board of supervisors having acted upon the petition as the statute contemplates, an election was called, which resulted in favor of the formation of the district and the election of a board of directors, who duly qualified. The board of directors then caused plans and specifications to be made for the construction of the drainage ditches, and estimated that the cost thereof would be $16,698. Thereupon an…